Strat Collector News DeskNews and Information (ISSN 1645-944X)Eric Johnson Interview- August 18, 2005 by Rick Landers A stampede of both music legends and one hit wonders have played hometown gigs within Austins city limits including Janis Joplin, the 13th Floor Elevators, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Fred and His Playboy Band, as well as Texas blues brothers Edgar and Johnny Winter. Born in Austin in 1954, bright-eyed Eric Johnson emerged on the music scene in the late 1960s with a group called Mariani. The band released a psychedelic record with a limited run of 100 copies. Today, a single copy...http://www.stratcollector.com/newsdesk/archives/000344.html Rory Gallagher Interview- August 3, 2005 by Ray Minhinnett In a cab on my way down to the Chelsea Embankment to meet with Rory Gallagher, my mind drifted back to the first time I had seen Rory Gallagher play live. I had just started to play guitar myself, an old battered single pickup Broadway electric bought for eight Pounds for me by my Gran. The gig was at the weekly Sunday night Jazz n Blues Club at the Argus Butterfly Pub in Peterlee County, Durham...http://www.stratcollector.com/newsdesk/archives/000343.html |